POWER SHARING

STORY OF BELGIUM
STORY OF BELGIUM
THE STORY OF SRI LANKA
THE STORY OF SRI LANKA
Majoritarianism in Sri Accommodation in
Lanka Belgium
MAJORITARIANISM IN SRI LANKA

Get independence
in 1948

New constitution :
state shall protect Sinhala dominance
& foster Buddhism

Followed Recognised
preferential Sinhala as only
policies official language
ACCOMMODATION IN BELGIUM

Recognised the regional differences.

• Dutch and French speaking minister shall
be equal in the Central govt.

More power was given to State govt.

• In Brussels, both the communities have

equal representations.

Established third type of govt. :

Community govt.
WHY POWER SHARING IS DESIRABLE?
 It helps to reduce the possibility of conflict between social
groups.

 Power sharing is the

very spirit of democracy

 First set of reasons is called

Prudential

 Second set of reasons is called

Moral
FORMS OF POWER-SHARING
 Horizontal distribution of power

 Vertical distribution of power

 Power sharing among different social groups

 Some other types of power-sharing

HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION OF POWER
 In this, the power is shared among different
organs of the government such as the legislature,
executive and judiciary.

legislature executive judiciary

• To make • To enforce • Interprets

laws and and applies
• Lok Sabha maintain the law
and Rajya law • Supreme
Sabha • PM or CM court
VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF POWER
 In this, the power can be shared among
government at different levels.

Union Govt.

State Govt.

Local Govt.
POWER SHARING AMONG DIFFERENT
SOCIAL GROUPS

 Power can be shared among different social

groups such as religious and linguistic groups.
 For instance, Community government in Belgium
 OTHER TYPES OF POWER-SHARING
 Power sharing can also be seen in political
parties, pressure groups and movements.
Political parties Pressure groups movement
Business Groups Narmada Bachao
Andolan
FICCI, CII

Student Org. Chipko Movement

ABVP NSUI

Trade Union

AITUC
QUIZ TIME
Q.1 The division of
power between higher Q.2 Power sharing is
and lower levels of desirable because:
govt. is called?

a) It helps to increase
pressure on govt.
a) Horizontal division
b) It is the very spirit of
b) Vertical division
democracy
c) Parallel division
c) It helps to reduce
d) None of these possibilities of
conflicts.
d) Both (a) and (c)